Economics

France Is Europe’s New Economic Growth Engine

  • Fiscal stimulus, reforms help expansion to outpace Germany’s
  • Macron pursued an unpopular reform agenda that’s paying off
Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg
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After years of measuring unfavorably against Europe’s economic powerhouse Germany, France may finally have something to crow about.